Ivory Coast called. They want their flag back, and say stop flying the bloody thing upside down. (View Post)

Sure - a vast number of decisions have some impact beyond the individual. But the fact there is some externality simply doesn't mean you hand it over to 50%+1. What it means is more than one pri… (View Post)

That, right there, is the intellectual shallowness. Democracy matters - we both agree on that. But other fundamental things matter too, such as the autonomy of the individual over his or her body. Th… (View Post)

Regardless of your personal moral position on abortion, a foetus of say 15 weeks is capable neither of expressing nor of even holding a view. In those circumstances, you need a very strong justificat… (View Post)

I'm in favour of returning what happens to a woman's body to the woman concerned rather than electors. (View Post)